People's Tycoon Henry Ford and the American Century

Name: People's Tycoon Henry Ford and the American Century
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ISBN: 9780375707254

ISBN-10: 0375707255

ISBN-13: 9780375707254

Edition: N/A

Authors: Steven Watts

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How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but never before has Henry Ford’s outsized genius been brought to life so vividly as it is in this engaging and superbly researched biography. The real Henry Ford was a tangle of contradictions. He set off the consumer revolution by producing a car affordable to the masses, all the while lamenting the moral toll exacted by consumerism. He believed in giving his workers a living wage, though he was entirely opposed to union labor. He had a warm and loving relationship with his wife, but sired a son with another woman. A rabid anti-Semite, he nonetheless embraced African American workers in the era…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 656
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.99" long x 1.34" tall
Weight: 1.298



Prologue: The Legend of Henry Ford



The Road to Fame



Farm Boy



Machinist



Inventor



Businessman



Celebrity



Entrepreneur



The Miracle Maker



Consumer



Producer



Folk Hero



Reformer



Victorian



Politician



The Flivver King



Legend



Visionary



Moralist



Positive Thinker



Emperor



Father



Bigot



The Long Twilight



Antiquarian



Individualist



Despot



Dabbler



Educator



Figurehead


Epilogue: The Sage of Dearborn


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index